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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect enables you to connect a named resource in a named role to a given model element. This enables the Project Manager to track how far development of required components and Classes has progressed (provided the programmers and others keep their figures up to date).</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To enter </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">resource allocation</span><span class="f_BodyText"> details for an element, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the element.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | Project Management</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Management</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window displays, showing the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resource Allocation</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Management</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window toolbar. (If the window does not display as shown, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Show/Hide Properties</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button on the toolbar.)</span></li>
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<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="projectdetails-resourceallocation.png" width="824" height="283" border="0" alt="ProjectDetails-ResourceAllocation"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resource Allocation</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab enables you to enter the following data:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The name of the resource (click on the drop-down arrow and select, or type the name in)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The role of the resource (click on the drop-down arrow and select, or type the name in)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The start and end date for the availability of the resource</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The time allocated to the resource</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The percentage of the task the resource has completed</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The expected time allocated to the resource</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The actual time expended by the resource</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A description of the work being done by the resource (this text is also displayed in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="notetab.htm">Notes</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="notetab.htm"> window</a>; it cannot be edited in that window)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Notes on the activity history of the resource(this text is also displayed in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="notetab.htm">Notes</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="notetab.htm"> window</a>; it cannot be edited in that window).</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To edit existing items, click on the required item in the list on the left of the window.</span></p>




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